of Government, being consulted by successive Lieutenant-Governors on all important occasions. And he, with all his shortcomings, still lives in the thoughts of millions of people, surviving the obliteration of time. Great men should be treated with care and caution. They are always conscious that they are of higher and nobler type of humanity. This invariably develops in them a refined sensitiveness of feeling. They work night and day to benefit the world and naturally expect that people of weaker individuality should be amenable to their superior force of will and decision of character. Besides, the experience of many ages proves that the free play of genius is stifled under pressure of dull office routine.
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